The clouds are parting for cartel victims: the EU Court of Justice clarified, on 21 May, which courts are competent to deal with compensation claims against companies found guilty of participating in cartels.
Landgericht Dortmund, the regional court of Dortmund in Germany, referred a case to the ECJ following a decision by the European Commission on 3 May 2006, which found that several companies supplying hydrogen peroxide and sodium perborate were guilty of participating in a cartel, and ordered these…